New Staff Members – District Info

Please help us welcome new members to the MISD Family!

Lori Gray is the new High School secretary. Mrs. Gray grew up in Bryan-College Station. She studied music performance at Southwestern University in Georgetown before transferring back home and completing her B.S. in Kinesiology at Texas A&M in 1991. Mrs. Gray met and married her husband Shane in 1992, while in College Station, and they have raised 2 sons, Garrett and Shane Jr. They now have a daughter-in-law, Holley, and 2 grandchildren, Cooper and Molly. In 1995 Mrs. Gray and her husband relocated to Marble Falls where she taught and coached for 2 years before resigning to run the office of the family electrical contracting business, Gray Electric. In 2002, the Grays moved to Llano, the hometown of her husband. Mrs. Gray worked for LJH from 2009 – 2019 as a social studies/technology teacher and choir director. In 2015 the family bought a ranch in Art and have loved becoming more and more involved in the Mason community. Outside of school Mrs. Gray loves to play music, be involved in church activities, read, and spend time with her family.

Mrs. Gray with her family — Mrs. Gray with her husband and son

Ryan Holbrook joins the Mason school community as the new Mason Elementary-Junior High Principal. He is originally from Kerrville, TX and holds a Bachelor's Degree from Texas A&M and a Master's Degree of Education Administration from Lamar University. Prior to Mason, Mr. Holbrook was employed by Comal ISD as a middle school and elementary teacher and then as an administrator with Comal for the past five years.

While at Texas A&M, Mr. Holbrook met his wife Jessica who works as an Instructional coach in Marble Falls. Together they have 4 children: Hannah, Jaxson, Hailey and Harper. They love being outdoors as a family and enjoy activities such as camping, hiking, kayaking and sports. Mr. Holbrook and his family look forward to joining the Puncher community.

Mrs. Diane Bode joins the MISD faculty as the new Career and Technology teacher at Mason High School. Mrs. Bode was born and raised in Denton, Texas. After graduating high school from the Hockaday School in Dallas she attended the University of North Texas and graduated with a B.B.A. in Marketing. She met her husband, Clay, who at the time played football for the Eagles. They were married shortly after college graduation and have been married for 27 years. They have 2 sons: Collin (27) graduated in 2011 from San Antonio MacArthur and Ryan (24) graduated from Lago Vista in 2014.

This will be Mrs. Bode's 25th year in education. She has taught Business, Marketing, Finance and Computer CTE courses at Judson ISD, New Braunfels ISD, Northeast ISD, Lago Vista ISD and Pflugerville ISD. She also worked at Judson ISD as an Instructional Technology Specialist. Mr. Bode will be coaching football and track at Marble Fall High School this year.

Mr. and Mrs. Bode are both very active in both the Texas High School Coaches Association and the Texas High School Coaches Wives Association where they have help worked the annual summer convention for the past 20 years. They also co-host the Hill Country Football Clinic in Fredericksburg with Coach Moffett and his wife Cara and brother-in-law Coach Zane Bode and his wife Cynthia.

The Bodes have always loved the hill country and the Mason community. In 2001, they built their farmhouse which is located in Pontotoc on Mr. Bode's Great-Grandmother's property. Their entire family enjoys hunting and they raise goats and coastal hay. The 2 llamas and the 2 miniature donkeys are primarily just Mrs. Bode’s outdoor pets. The Bodes are very excited to have the opportunity to now live at their farm full-time, and they finally feel that they are back “home.”

Welcome to Jay Immel and his wonderful family. Coach Immel was born and raised in Fredericksburg, where he graduated in 2003. After High School he received a scholarship to play for Angelo State University, where he was the quarterback from 2003-2007. His wife, Kasey grew up in Christoval and was a pole vaulter at Angelo State University, which is where they met. They graduated from ASU in 2008, and their first year of teaching/coaching was at San Angelo Lakeview.

They spent one year at Lakeview, were married in the summer of 2009 and moved to Sonora to coach and teach there. The Immel family was in Sonora for 10 years. They have 2 boys, Reid is 7 years old and Bryson is 5 years old. They are all very excited to be starting a new chapter in Mason and be a part of the our Puncher Family.

Breann Ferguson is our new paraprofessional in the MISD Lifeskills Classroom. Mrs. Ferguson and her husband Chad have two sons, Lane and Tanner. She worked for Llano Elementary from 2018-2019 with special needs students. Outside of school Mrs. Ferguson loves to play co-ed softball, coach her boys in their different sports, and spend time with her family. The Ferguson family is very excited to join the Puncher Family and be a part of Mason.

Kevin Rooney is joining Mason ISD as our new Assistant Band Director. He is from Oregon. He grew up outside of the Portland area and graduated from Oregon State University in 2018 with his Bachelor's in Music Education and in 2019 with his Master's in Teaching. During his time in Oregon, Kevin worked with some of the best ensembles in the state such as Southridge, Mountainside, and West Linn High School's and the Oregon State University Marching Band. Kevin also spends his time writing and arranging music for bands. This past year, the OSU Marching Band performed his arrangement of selections from Disney's "High School Musical." The OSU Wind Ensemble also performed an original work for band this past spring.

Though Kevin is new to Texas and small-town life, he's excited to get to work in a town with such amazing and caring people.

Alett Rosberg is our new elementary/jr. high dyslexia teacher. She was born and raised in Mason and is very happy to be back home and a Mason Puncher again. Alett has 20 years of experience in education. She received her Masters in Educational Administration from UTSA and her Bachelor's degree from Sam Houston State University, Huntsville. Alett has had many roles in the educational field. She has been an Administrator, a 4th and 5th grade classroom teacher, a Physical Education teacher and a Dyslexia Teacher.

Alett loves spending time with her family from Mason, and volunteering with U-Too Ministries at the San Saba and Gatesville women's prisons. She enjoys being a prayer partner with incarcerated women. Alett has two fur babies named Charley and Grace that are happy to be Mason Punchers too!

We welcome Amy Montague as a new first grade teacher. Mrs. Montague grew up in Zephyr where she was surrounded by wonderful teachers who inspired her to want to be a teacher when she grew up. She attended Cisco Junior College on a dance scholarship and received her Associates Degree in Education. She then attended Southwest Texas State University where she earned her Bachelors Degree in Elementary Education with a specialization in Special Education. After graduation Mrs. Montague started working for the Comal ISD as a Special Education Teacher in a Resource room. After one year she was given the PPCD position which she worked in for 4 more years before leaving when she married her husband Frank and moved to Boerne. During this time Mrs. Montague attended Southwest Texas State University and earned her Masters Degree in Early Childhood Development. She received her diploma in May and had her first baby in July. Mrs. Montague and her family lived in Boerne for 17 years.

Their family consists of a daughter Calli who graduated from Mason High School and now attends West Texas A&M University, a son Chase who is a Junior at Mason High School and Casey who is a Sixth grader at Mason JH. In Boerne Mrs. Montague worked as a PPCD/Pre-K teacher for 12 years with the last 5 years being the Lead Teacher for the ECC program for employees of the district. At the end of that school year they moved to Laredo to be closer to her husband's work for a year and then moved back to Boerne for a year before moving to Mason. For 7 years Mrs. Montague has been a stay at home mom and loved every minute of it but she has missed teaching. She feels very fortunate to be offered this opportunity to teach in Mason and thanks God for this opportunity.